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Monday, October 24, 2011

Vive la France!

So we did not win (the World Rugby Cup final) yesterday, but I had great fun. I woke up early to make it to "The Freedom" a pub located off Les Champs Elysées that I already mentioned here where the owner of fashion store Koko (a true Kiwi!) had organized a giant NZ meetup (French could join too ;-). Needless to say that the atmosphere was, well, very festive and that we heard a lot of "La Marseillaise" (listen) and "God Defend New Zealand" (listen) singing. Great moment.

Wow what a match! Roniece would have died to see how crowded the pub was and all these little kiwis chirping away with that New Zealand accent "Go All Blacks". I'm so glad it wasn't a blow-out and that everybody remained civil to each other at the end. The Haka was good, but when the French moved up to face them it kind of took their fear away. Just a bunch of boys with their tongues sticking out.

Love the photo Eric as it really portrays the sentiment of the day. Just plain old fun!

@Michael - you spelled it right! I just learned when I was there about the national bias against cinnamon and I was so surprised. I thought the French loved all things foodalicious. But, oddly to me, cinnamon didn't make the cut! It seems generally accepted elsewhere, so I bet there's a very particular backstory. Does anyone know how it got its bad rep? As for me, I'm off to search for how to make a sweet cinnamon tart, because I think it sounds lovely! : )

OK let's talk cinnamon... Why are we against it? Because it covers the various tastes ; so what's the point of putting so much effort into cooking if you're going to hide the taste with one ingredient: cinnamon!!